Test Two???
关于used to的意义和用法
used to (只有过去时形式，没有现在时形式)表示过去习
惯动作或状态，这种情况现已不复存在。例如：?
He used to smoke a lot, but he has long given up smoking.?
在否定陈述句或否定疑问句中，用didn’t use to或usedn’t to均可：?
  He didn’t use to smoke cigarettes.?
He usedn’t to smoke cigarettes.  ?
  Didn’t Maria use to be interested in the theatre??
Usedn’t Maria to be interested in the theatre?  ?
在肯定疑问句中也可有两种形式：?
  Used you to go to the same school as Edward??
Did you use to go to the same school as Edward?  ??

近义词辨析?
?use, apply, avail, employ, utilize¹?
这组词均含有“使用”或“利用”之意。?

use
        强调利用人或物作为工具。?
He used up all his resources in experimenting with the new paint.他为实验新的涂料，花光了一切钱财。?

apply
        指把某物或某种方法、原理等加以应用。?
We should not only know the theory but also know how to apply it to practice.我们不仅要知道理论，还要知道怎样把理论应用于实践。?
avail
        指使用就近的或他人给予的东西，或使别人为自己提供服务。?
I don’t think complaints will avail you much.我觉得抱怨对你没多大用处。?
We avail ourselves of every opportunity to speak English.我们利用一切机会讲英语。?

employ
        指使用未被利用的东西；用于人时表示雇用。?
He doesn’t know how to employ his energy and time.他不知道该怎么利用他的精力和时间。?

utilize
指充分发挥某物的作用，使无用的东西变有用，或使人或物有新用途。?
She hopes to utilize her artistic² talents in the job.她希望在工作中发挥她的艺术才能。
全真模拟试题?
  1. My pain ?____? apparent the moment I w
alked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically: “Are you fe
eling all right?”?
A. must be    B. must have been   C. had been    D. had to be
2. It is only when you nearly lose someone ?____? full
y conscious of how much you value him.?
A. do you become   B.  then you become?
C. that you become   D.  have you become?
3. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ?____? the
 atmosphere.?
A. as it is    B. so is  C. the same as    D. and so is?
4. While driving along the treacherous³ road, ?____?.?
A. my right rear tyre blew out   ?
B. my right rear tyre had a blowout  ?
C.  I had a blownout on my right rear tyre  ?
D. I had my right rear tyre blowout?
5. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro?America
n poetry 
is his insistence⁴ that it ?____? in a religious, as well as w
orldly, frame of reference.?
A. is to be analysed   B. has been analysed  ?
C. be analysed   D. should have been analysed?
6. ?____? there is little we can do to modify the weat
her, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect.?
A. Since     B.  When    C.  While    D. Unless?
7.  This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of  ma
king mo
re of an impact on the art  community ?____? any of them coul
d individually and to promote Western art by women.?
A. rather than     B.  rather     C. than    D. other than?
8. But the Swiss discovered long years ago that constant warfare⁵ brought 
them ?____? suffering and poverty.?
A. anything but   B. nothing but  ?
C. none other than   D. no more than?
9. After ?____? seemed an endless wait,  it was her tu
rn to step into the doctor’s office.?
A.  it     B.  that    C.  what    D. which?
10. The board deemed it’s urgent that these files ?____?
 right away.?
A. had to be printed   B. should have been printed  ?
C. must be printed   D. should be printed?
11. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any ?____?
 of it at all.?
A. explanation    B. meaning    C. sense    D. interpretation⁶?
12. You should have your eyes tested every year in case the ?____?
 of  your spectacles need changing.?
A. lenses     B.  glasses    C.  sights    D.  crystals?
13. The school committee hoped that their choice of play would be ?______? with the students and their parents.?
A. recognized    B. popular    C. favorable    D. fascinated?
14. By cutting down trees we ?____? the natural home o
f birds and animals.?
A. harm    B. hurt    C. injure   D. damage?
15. Mr. Robinson knew that the most trivial chore could prove to be a ?____? if approached with enthusiasm.?
A. prize    B. reward    C.  refund    D. bonus?
16. The trade unions in this industry are ?____? any r
eduction⁷ in wages.?
A. objecting against   B. opposed to  ?
C. reacted to   D.  resisting against?
17. She was teaching me ?____? you would teach a young
er child to speak the language.?
A. the way     B.in the way    C. a way    D.  to the way?
18. The Brownings have not ?____? yet and I doubt whet⁸
her they will come.?
A turned in    B. turned out    C.turned up    D. turned to?
19.   We went on a(n) ?____? to the mountain yesterday
.?
A.excursion    B.  trip    C. tour    D. travel?
20.   When Sarah and I ?____? on an article for the sc
hool newspaper, we found it difficult to work together.?
A. compiled   B. gathered  ?
C. collaborated   D. collected?
21.   Beth could ?____? her coat because it had  large
 red buttons.?
A. recognize    B.  prove    C.  define    D. claim?
22.   Postal⁹ ?____? are determined¹⁰ by the class and we
ight of the parcel mailed.?
A. taxes    B.  payment    C. fees    D. premium¹¹?
23.   My father is so deaf that he has to use a hearing  ?____?

A. help       B. aid     C.  support     D.  tool?
24.   On New Year’s Eve, there will be a firework ?____?
 at People’s Square.?
A. display    B.  performance       C. show     D. exhibition?
25.   The ?____? of beer and alcohol in New Zealand is
 very high.?
A. consumption      B. use     C.  drink    D. absorption?